Used irg_mode=3 (for the O2 Micro) now it does not complain
about IRQ 9

It still get the card to be busy after reboot, ejecting/inserting a couple of times get it to work OK

But I get cs: socket time out which I think is form the Card
ifconfig show it configured OK ( I have tried both fixed
and using the dhcpcd)

Am I now on a network config problem?
I am using the laptop on the same network with windows and the Psion GoldCard successfully.

If I try to restart the network I get time-out from the dhcpcd if used, otherwise timeout later from a ping
I have tested a friends laptop which has a Texas Instrument PCMCIA controller and a 16 bit Xircom on the same network which works fine with the same kernel. He was not too happy to let me install the Psion in his system but maybe I will try that later.
I borrowed his Xircom Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 and installed in my laptop and I get the same type of time-out.
This is not what I want to run but to me it looks like I still have problems with the O2 Micro?

Ok, there are several problems here. I didn't make the epic_cb
connection at first. The epic_cb driver is broken in the 3.1.19
driver package; get the latest beta from projects.sourceforge.net in
/pub/pcmcia-cs/NEW and that should work better.
Was 0x03 the only irq_mode that did not give a failed PCI irq test?
> cs89x0.c: Module autoprobing not allowed.
> cs89x0.c: Append io=0xNNN
If you have a line in /etc/modules.conf that mentions this cs89x0
driver, remove it.
-- Dave